From “mother/helper” to paraprofessional

GUILDERLAND — Teaching assistants were first paid to help in Guilderland classrooms 35 years ago when a handful of women gave math and reading remediation as part of a federally funded program.

 New ‘neighborhood’ opens at Atria,
providing Alzheimer’s patients with care meant to feel like home

GUILDERLAND — Life Guidance calls its assisted living units for patients with Alzheimer’s disease “neighborhoods.”

“Rectify salary disparity”

Golden says it’s time for change

GUILDERLAND — Peter Golden, not enrolled in any political party, has announced this week that he accepted the Guilderland Republican Committee’s nomination for town supervisor.

GUILDERLAND — The same system that allows Guilderland High School students to search for the right college will allow the district to track their progress at college.

ALTAMONT — Sixty-four years after World War II veteran Alan Atwell returned to the United States, he sat in a little café in Altamont, visiting with a Belgian man who routinely impersonates him during period re-enactments.

ALTAMONT — The dogs in the park on Maple Avenue won’t fetch a ball or a Frisbee, but they will fetch some looks from visitors, and some perhaps will fetch a handsome price.

GUILDERLAND — Long-running and sometimes controversial Tuesday night school board meetings did not faze the students filming them for public access TV.

GUILDERLAND — Three of the biggest issues facing the town over the past year were addressed at a board meeting, which lasted four hours, on July 7 — stormwater solutions, solid waste management, and zoning law modifications.